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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
EMPTY SHOES.
The French Rpublic Without a Head
Grevy Resigns

The French Rpublic Without a Head
Grevy Resigns.
PARIS, Dec. 2.-The crisis in the affairs
OF the Republic of France was reached
to-day---on the thirty-sixth ami
versary of the coup d. etat of
Louis Napoleon. Everything was
quiet throughout the city this
morning. after night of intense excite
ment. Throughout the night, until
nearly morning, the streets were
crowded with excited men. The po-
lice were out in numbers and prevented
any serious disturbances. Shortly after
daylight thousands of people were
on the streets, focking toward
the Chamber of Deputies, and
at l P. NJ. the building was complete
ly surrounded by crowds that stopped
traffic in the vicinity. The announce
ment that M. Grevy had last evening an
nounced that he would resign the presi-
dency added to the excitement.
At ] 80 P. NJ. President Crews resig-
nation was sent to the Senate and Cham
Der of Deputies, with instructions that
it be read Immediately at the opening
of the sittings of the chambers.
At 2:25 P. M. the reading of President
CREWS message resigning the presi-
dency of the republic was finished in
the Chamber of Deputies. In it M.
Grevy says he regards the votes taken
IN the Senate and Chamber of
Deputies yesterday as decisive
demonstration necessitating his res
ignation. After recalling his SER
vices to the country which assured tran
guilty at home and peace abroad, he
declares that he leaves office with a feel
ing of sadness while declining to be
responsible for future events.
The deputies received the message
with profound silence. NJ Floquet read
letter from the president of the SEN
ate, summonlng congress of the two
chambers at Versailles tomorrow for the
purpose of electing a new president.
The sitting then closed amid cries of
give la Republique."
The text of M. Grevy's message of res
ignation is as follows: so long as had
only to contend with the difficulties
that have accumulated in my path, the
attacks Of the press, the abstention of
the men whom the public voice called to
my side and the increasing impossibilitv
to form ministry, struggled on and
remained where duty babe me. But at
the moment when public opinion, better
informed, marked change which gave
me hope of forming government, the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies voted
a double resolution which, under the
form of an adjournment to a fixed
hour to await the presidents prom
!sed message. is tantamount to summon
Ing the president to resign. 1t would be
my duty and right to resist, but under
the circumstances in which we are
placed a conflict between the executive
and parliament might entail conse-
quences which restrain me. Wisdom
and patriotism command me to Weld"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

ITnow appears that neither Henry
W. Grady nor Capt. Howell is the ed
itor of the Atlanta Constitution, and
that the fight which these two waged
on prohibition under the head "Com-
municated," in the Constitution, is
paid for at so much line. The real
editor of the Constitution, according
to an Atlanta correspondent, is VIM.
Acquisition Hemphill, a man who just
"saws wood" and keep quiet. He
doesn't care a con tinental for person
al notoriety. He is willing that Mr..
Grady and Capt. Howell should get
the notoriety, while he gets the cold
cash
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

IMMIGRATION statistics for October
show that the increase still continues
so far as the total number of immi-
grants is concerned, though there was
considerable falling off as compared
with the month of October, 1886, in
the immigration from Germany, Aus
tria-Hungary, Russia and Italy. The
total for the month was 1869, an
increase of 4, All over the correspond
ing month of the previous year. THY
were from the following countries:
England and Wales, 9,467; Ireland,
6,023; Scotland, 2,116; Germany,
9,48O; France, $40; Bohemia and
Hungary, ,929; other Austria, L, 7O3;
Russia, 1,O75; Poland, $50; Sweden
and Norway, $3.50; Denmark, 524;
Netherlands, 293; Italy, 3.O16; switz-
erland, 769; all other countries, 665.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
ROBBED OF A FORTUNE.
Burglars Secure Thirty-two ThousaI
Dollars of Miser

Dollars OF q M1Ser.
BANGOR, Me-, Dec. "a special to the
American says Peter Bennett, wealthy
and and misery mis- k farmer, resides at Newport
and her husband, Mr.. Bennett is so
years old and is reputed to be
worth some $4,000, and having distrust
of savings banks has always kept large
amount Of money in the house. Last
night Benefits son-in-law was reused
by the report of a pistol and hastily
dressing, got out of the window and
hasened to the residence of
Mr.. Benefits son, half mile
away. Accusing young Bennett, they
returned to the house where they found
the elder Bennett lying on the floor in a
pool of blood, Bennett was restored to
consciousness when it was learned that
the robbers had beaten him and escaped
with $32, 900 in bills and gold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
COULDN'T FACE THE MUSIC.
Failure of Prominent Piano House a
a i'm. oil

Failure of Prominent Piano House at
Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Dec. 5.-Theodore
Pfafflin & Co., dealers in musical instru-
ments have failed. Their liabilities are
estimated at $4,000, assets unknown.
Hallett & Davis, Boston, are creditors for
transfer OF all the firms leases ofinstru-
ments and unfinished sales. John
Church & Co., of Cincinnati, have taken
charge OF the stock undera chattel mort
gage and will continue the business I'M
der the firm name. Pfaf1in says unse-
cured debts are not more than $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

A cH1LDREN's hospital has just been
dedicated in Cincinnati. Thehospital
and grounds are the gift of two broth
ers, Emery by name, and, while the
management of the institution is en-.
trusted to the Episcopal Church, al
children under 15 years of age, with.
out regard to color, creed or nativity,
will be received. A children's hospital
for the treatment of deformed. dis.
eased and wretched little ones is per.
haps the most appealingform of char.
itv.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Left no Trace.

Leonidas Hamline, of Chicago, who
has fortune estimated at $l5o,000, is
gone as completely out of sight and
reach of his relatives and friends as if be
had been blotted out of existence On
the 2Sth he left friend with whom he
had been playing a game of billiards,
and stepping on street car in the CEN
ter of the city, started toward his factory
to pay off his hundred workmen. Since
When Mr. Hamline disappeared he had
on his person $1,000, part of which he
had just drawn from the bank in order
to pay his workmen their wages He
has wife and four children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Al GLE IN FLAMES.
Fire Threatening the Destruction OF
Eminence, XIV.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. News was
received here this morning of the par
tial destruction of Eminence, KY, by
fire. The flames are still raging and
about one-third of the business portion
of the place is already consumed.
The fire began in Duncan's jewelry
store and was under good Roadway
before discovered. The wind was
blowing hard and the flames were
communicated to Miller's grocery, then
to the town hall, Moody & Proctor's
drug store, Mari & Brewers lumber and
coal yard, O'Connell's butcher shop, and
a large carriage factory. There was
but little hope that the flames could be
checked before the entire row of bust
ness houses would be DESTROYED.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

nent danger thereof, a direct descend
ant of the first Napoleon might have
magnetism enough to draw France
to his support. But while the
emergency is only civil one, the rec
election of third Napoleon ante
dates the traditions of the first. There
is nothing in the memory OF the for
mer to conjure with. Making all due
allowance for French vagaries the
chances are better at almost any time
for the establishment Of the mon
archy than of the empire; and they are
very bad, we trust, for the re-estab-
lishment of either. 1t would be dis
graceful, indeed, for France to aban-
don republicanism now, Or even to
take so significant a step in the direc-
ton of abandonment as the elevation
of g. Bonaparte would be.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

THERE is quite a colony of Ameri-
can toughs and gamblers in London.
They find there g. rich field to work in.
The young Englishmen who have rich
fathers go in greatly for all manner of
alleged sport, and back their opinions
heavily. The professionals seldom
back their opinions. They wait until
they get certainty and then back
that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
PANIC IN A HOTEL.

Guests Escape From a Burning Building
by Leaping-
GUELPH, Ont, Dec. 5.-The CONNER
cial Hotel, one of the largest in the city,
was burned early this morning The
guests had to jump from the second and
third story windows t. save their lives.
Several were injured but none seriously.
Baird's Opera Company was in the
building at the time, but all managed to
escape. The loss is not known. The
hotel is complete ruin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
THEY NEED NO LICENSE,
Important Decision for Chicago Whole
sale Liquor Dealers.

%
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. fudge Tuley
this morning decided the agreed case
between the city ofChicago and Enright
& Kelly, wholesale liquor dealers, which
to the payment of a city license from
1885 to 1887, under an ordi-
nance of the former date. Enright
& Kelly carried on wholesale liquor
business between the dates mentioned
without wholesale license. The ques-
ton then was asked whether the city
could recover the lees for that period.
no license having been issued by the
city under the ordinance. No question
was raised as to the validity Of the ordi-
nance itself; only whether statute oflim-
itations was applicable to the case.
Judge Tuley decided against the city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
A COLLISION TO ORDER.
Interesting Experiments at Chicago With
Car Heater.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 5.-The Chicago &
North 9i Western officials ais have already
the unexceptional character of Mr. Hers
stove in cases of the ditching of a train.
On Thursday next. however, a still more
exacting test, the severest ordeal to
which the invention can be subjected,
will take place near the North Western
car shops. One of the heaters will be
placed in stationary car which will be
telescoped by train running from fifty
to sixty miles an hour No water is to
used in connection with the heater.
The stove and the coal fire within it will
be there in their pure simplicity; no
protection whatever being employed be-
yond the heaters own stout metal cases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
CHANGES nv PENsE ON LAWS.
Important recommendations by the,
Secretary of Interior.

important heCO1n1n enuGtIOnS Dy the
Secretary of Interior.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. Sin his
annual report the secretary of the in
terror calls attention to the increased
efficiency and diminished expenditures
of the pension Office, for which, he says,
all the credit is due the commissioner.
He suggests that the orphan children of
deceased soldiers who may be entitled to
pensions until they are Is years of age
should be allowed to draw the same after
that period if they were incapacitated
for making livelihood and that soldiers
widows who may re-marry and subse-
quentlv become widows or be divorced
without fault Of their own should have
their pensions revived to them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
The yernon,s Life-Preservers.

The grass life-preservers used on the
steamer Vernon at the time of her loss
near Two Rivers, Wis, in October last,
were thoroughly examined by officers of
the steamboat inspection service, at
Washington, and the result reported to
the Treasury Department on the Sd. 1t
is said at the department that this par
ticular lile-preserver was fully up to the
standard required by the service.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
SHARP OUT ON BAIL.
The Bride Giver Released from Jail O
$4,000 Bonds.

The Bride Giver Released from Jail on
$40, 900 Bonds.
New YORK, Dec. Jacob Sharp was
taken in a carriage this morning from
Ludlow Street Jail to the sheriff's office.
He was accompanied by Warden Keat-
ing, deputy sheriff and his grandson,
George Sharp. He seemed very feeble
and was supported on either side by the
warden and deputy sheriff, while he also
leaned heavily on two canes. The order
granting new trial was settled before
Judge Barrettand by mutual agreement
between Dist.-Attv. MARITIME and w.
Bourke Cochrane, counsel for Sharp. it
was decided that Sharp's bond be fixed
at $4,000. The district attorney agreed
to make no opposition to the applica-
ton for his admission to bail. The bond
was prepared, Isaac Henry and George
Shepherd qualifying in the sum named,
and few minutes before noon Sharp
was discharged and driven home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

IT is said that some of the more
liberal Congregational ministers care
considering the question of raising
money to send as missionaries to the
heather young men whom the Ameri-
can Board rejected on account of their
beliefs regarding the future state of
the heathen." The rejected young
men are of high character and ability
and are consecrated Christians.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

THE government experiments this
year in making sugar from sorghum
are said to have been very successful.
On fair soil the yield of cane was an
average of twelve tons. The average
yield of sugar per aero was about
l, 800 pounds and of syrup $50 gal
Ions. It is claimed that at this rate,
even at the present low price of sugar.
the business OF making sugar from
sorghum would be very profitable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
SHARP'S TURN NEXT.
The Bribe-G iver to Be First of the Bood-
lers in the Dock.

New YORK, Nov. 30.-District Attor-
ney-elect John r. Fellows said to-day
that he was little surprised at the de-
cision of the court of appeals in
the Sharp case. With the five points
of testimony which the court Of
appeals had ruled out there was enough
evidence left to convict Sharp. He
could not tell when he would try Sharp
until after he saw an official copy of the
opinion of the court of appeals. If after
he had seen that he came to the conclu-
sion that conviction could still be Sc
cured Sharp would be the first Of the
hnndlars tried
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Stopped Walking at Last

John Owen Snyder, better known as
the walking wonder" died at his home
at Milk Grove, Blackford County, Ind,
on the 4th. For nearly three years
previous to his death Snyder was i'm
PEELED, as he said. by some mysterious
force to walk constantly, and he took
his meals while continuing his ceaseless
tramp. He slept but little, generally in
a chair, but the minute he woke he
started walking. He made a tour of
the museums of the country recently.
which yielded him handsome sum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Their Offense Not Conspiracy.

The first attempted prosecution under
the Merritt conspiracy law of Illinois
came to an unsuccessful termination at
Chicago on the LIST. The union print
ers, Bancroft and Van Allen, who were
charged by Poole Brothers with con-
spring to injure their business. were
discharged by Justice Prindiville, who
held that their offense did not come
within the scope of the law. The case
was submitted by the defense without
argument
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Will do Their Own Switching.

Full charge of all railroad switching
in Packingtown was on the 1st turned
over to the Union Stock Yards Company
by the various roads centering in Chi
cago. The new system is unobiectiona-
BILE from the standpoint of the working
men, as the stock yard company guaran-
tees them what is known as "road"
WAGES
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Threw VitrioI in His Face

Miss Mary E. Lloyd. aged 25,
and Howard Potter, prominent young
man of Reading, Pa, were engaged to
be married On the night of the LIST
young Potter called on Miss Lloyd and
after short conversation, remarked:
"Mary. cannot marry you" The young
woman was greatly startled by this
sudden and unexpected announcement,
and Selling tumbler partly filed with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
WRECKED BY GIANT PONDER.
Fanatics Blow Up and Destroy an Indi-
Saloon.

CUTLER, Ind, Dec. ga tremendous
explosion occurred in Stevenson Bros
saloon, in this city, giant powder in
oyster cans having been placed under
the building and over the cans
heavy stones. Great pieces Of granite
were sent crashing through the building,
The saloon floor was completely up
lifted. The sides of the building were
forced out four feet at the bottom, and
sleepers, two by ten, were twisted and
torn to splinters like pine shingles. The
large stove was forced through the cell
ing, and not bottle on the show bar
was left unsmashed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
GrinnelI Becomes a Judge.

Judge Grinnell, of Chicago has sent
to the secretary of state his oath of Office
as judge of the circuit court. He goes
out of the states attorneys office to take
the Office to which he has been promoted
by the people. Mr.. Grinnell has been
states attorney three years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Failure of a Bucket Shop.

Hodgen, Miller & Co., the proprietors
of an extensive bucket-shop system,
with concerns in Chicago Cincinnati,
Louisville, indianapolis. and about a
dozen shops in the South, ''laid down"
on the 9th. They claim to have paid
which exhausted their capital. The ex-
tent of the failure cannot be learned to
a certainty, but it is probably nearer
$250,00O than 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Another Telegraph Company.

A petition has been filed with the
secretary Of state, of Massachusetts for
presentation to the legislature, signed
by Chester Snow and others, for the in
corporation of the Postal Automatic
tinent from New York to San Francisco.
The company is to be incorporated with
a capital of s. ,OOO,O and authority to
increase the same to $40, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

A BoWERY clothing store in New
York announced that it would give
away 1900 overcoats. From an
advertising point of view the subse-
quent proceedings were doubtless a
huge success, but forty policemen
were required to keep the mob which
assembled from carrying off the store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
PLAGUE IN ARKANSAS.
Terrible Spread of Black Diphtheria
That State.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 5. -Alarming
reports continue to come in of the
spread of black diphtheria in Clay and
adjoining counties. Local physicians,
unable to control the disease, have ad-
vised that physicians from abroad be
called upon, and this has been done.
The mortality list toots up over fifty, all
of whom have died within three weeks.
There are three deaths reported in a
family named Spurgeen inside of twelve
hours. The disease is as fatal as it is
ranid
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
WhosesaIe Mail Robbery

Alexander Taylor, a driver on one of
the New York mail wagons, was arrest
ed on the LIST for wholesale robbery of
the mails. In one batch he secured
three drafts for $2,011, $500 and $1OO re-
spectively. One letter contained thir-
teen drafts from downtown bank. He
animation. He had been in this coun-
try only six weeks and had been driv-
ing the wagon three weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
AyeneIng Hu.ngan's ueaun

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 3.-John cough
lin has been convicted OF the MURDER OF
Detective Hulligan and sentenced TO
hang. All the members OF the gang who
killed the officer in rescuing Mr.. Mum
at Ravenna are in way to share the
same fate. "Blinky" Morgan, another of
the party, being under sentence OF
death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Killed in an Explosion.

The locomotive of a freight train on
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
exploded on the I'd near East Mahanoy
Junction. Alexander Walker, the en-
gineer, was instantly killed and the fire.
man and two brakemen so severely in
jured that they died while being taken
home. The victims all lived at Tama-
qua.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

FOLLOWING upon the heels of the
announcement that Plymouth Church
has called the Rev. DR.. Berry, of Lon
don, comes the further announcement
that the Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker will
cut short his lecture tour and return
to England. This is coincidence, to
say the least.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
IGNORED THE JUDGE,
A Chicago Family Likely TO Go to il
for Contempt of Court.

for Contempt of Court.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 5.-Judge Collins
threatened to-day to commit Levi q.
Letter and his entire family to
prison for contempt of court on their re-
fusing to recognize an Injunction issued
against them with regard to the ten
ancy of State Street building.
He ordered them to appear In
court on Wednesday. "If these
partie are guilty they will be sent
to jail" said the judge, ''for would just
as soon imprison the whole Letter fam
lily as / would whole Jones family"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Frozen to Death.

The bodies Of John H. Gowan and his
l6-year-old daughter were found at 10
o'clock on the night Of the 2Sth at their
home near Huron, D. T., frozen stiff.
From all appearances they were suffio-
Gated by coal gas the previous Friday
night as that was the last seen Of them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
The ProhibS Win.

What is known as the Kansas Prohi-
bition cases, brought be ore the United
States supreme court for the purpose of
testing the constitutionality of the pro-
hibftorv law of that state, have been de-
cided by the high tribunal. The valid
ity of the law is confirmed in every par
fic1lar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

IT would be singular outcome of
the present crisis in France if the
Bonapartes should again come to the
front with Prince Victor for leader.
Versatile, not to say oscillating, as
the French people are, it is not easy
to conceive of g. popular pendulum
taking so long g. sweep backward. If
the nation were at war, or in immi-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
Qht Rtpnblita't
WATERFOWL. wIsCoNEIH.

THE editor of an English health
journal recently died and, as his widow
solemnly avows, from no other cause
than that he attempted to live up to
the hygienic rules advocated in his own
paper. Thus does poetic Justice now
and again illumine this vale of tears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07

Johanna O'Brien, servant at 80 Rush
Street. Chicago, on the 4th attempted to
start blaze in the kitchen stove by
pouring kerosene oil on the shoulder
ing embers. She was terribly burned
about the lower limbs. the flesh hanging
in shreds. She also inhaled the flames
and the doctor, after dressing her
wounds, said she would not survive her
lnilIrleS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-07
The Widow Married Young Tramp

A dispatch from Brainerd, Mimi,
says: 1T leaks out that Mrs. Magdale-
Ma Schwartz, a wealthy German grass
widow of 40 or 45 years. has married
Andrew Robinson, OF 20, who came here
from Dakota last winter as tramp. He
had been in her employ during the sum-
mer and fall as chore boy. The mar
riage makes Robinson the wealtiest man
by all odds in these partz.'